Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00925067
Effects of Lightweight Meshes in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair on Quality of Life and Male Fertility Aspects
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 59 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 50 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A randomized, prospective clinical trial analyzing whether the use of lightweight prostheses during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair of male patients could have a beneficial effect on postoperative discomfort, chronic pain development, recurrence and male fertility aspects.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | laparoscopic (TEP) inguinal hernia repair | laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with a standard heavyweight Marlex (control group) prosthesis or new generation lightweight VyproII and TiMesh prostheses (study group) |
| DEVICE | lightweight TiMesh | |
| DEVICE | lightweight VyproII | |
| DEVICE | Heavyweight Marlex |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2007-10-01
- Completion
- 2009-06-01
- First posted
- 2009-06-19
- Last updated
- 2009-06-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00925067. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.